Exodus 22:20 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Anyone who offers sacrifices to any god other than the LORD alone must be completely destroyed.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

God is commanding that worship and sacrifice should be directed to Him alone, with severe consequences for idolatry.

📚 Historical Context

This command was given to the Israelites after their escape from Egypt, where they had been surrounded by polytheistic worship of many gods. God was establishing the foundational principle of monotheism for His chosen people and protecting them from the idolatrous practices of surrounding nations that would lead them away from Him.

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Jesus took all that hostility and division — all those rules and regulations that kept people apart — and destroyed it through his sacrifice. He took two separate groups and made them into one completely new kind of people, bringing peace where there used to be conflict.

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Saul answered, 'The people brought these animals from the Amalekites. They saved the best sheep and cattle to offer as sacrifices to the LORD your God, and we completely destroyed everything else.'

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But the people took some of the plunder—sheep and cattle that were supposed to be completely destroyed—to sacrifice to the LORD your God at Gilgal.

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